remain aware and vigilant against anti semitism and seen a phobia wrong a lot or head of the world jewish congress also calling on world leaders to do more to support the state of israel and harshly criticizing the united nations for what he said with an ism which he said was anti semitism. let's get more now we're joined here in the studio by john barack and john a very emotional summers armani as we mentioned we heard from 4 of the survivors of this nazi death. what has touched you most about the ceremony and i thought what was very appropriate and beautiful in the ceremony is the fact that the survivors were the focus there were other speeches mentioned. notably of course by the polish president buddha and. also by run of the lord of the world jewish council but the the main speech is with those of survivors and i think it was very for me which was a particularly moving is that they were not strident the speeches they were not full of hate and resentment they were not. political speeches in the sense of nationally orientated speeches they were not for example. speeches of propaganda speeches th

and this was also very strong message that came from ronald lauder who is the head of the world jewish congress who said that words simply wasn't enough many words have been spoken also from politicians with this very strong political symbol of standing united and pledging with the world being the witness in yad vashem last week that they will fight against anti-semitism and racism in every form well ronald lauder said he wants to see action and he wants to see tougher laws and the state really clamp down where it can against the hatred particularly seen online that leads people to then also acts and one example that one law decided to to me but not in his speech today was the attack in howler last october where we saw one man trying to enter a synagogue in germany trying to kill jews luckily failed to enter and then killed 2 innocent bystanders and there's a clear link for a lot of says from the hatred online that isn't being tackled enough and people then actually acting upon that talk with us a little bit more about germany's role specifically today especially given its role nazi germany in

the jewish community gathered there in auschwitz want to send to the world leaders who will join them. well i also had the opportunity to talk to a rolled louder the head of the world jewish congress and he said that words would simply not be enough he wants to see more action and when he talks of action he means the internet because he says that the hatred comes from somewhere he would like to see government's crackdown on internet hate that is spread there those bubbles of hate and said that something like the attack and holler at the end of last year in germany were a man tried to enter a synagogue but luckily failed but 2 innocent bystanders being killed that was due to internet hatred that is something that is spreading and also the message here from the survivors in particular was that the opposite of love is not hatred it's indifference and it's the indifference to this hatred that many of them are more worried about now 75 years after than they were only a couple of years ago according to a few i spoke to chief political editor. in auschwitz thank you so much for bringing us those respective. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news at this hour so sh

he's a very influential businessman from the united states he is jewish he is head of the world jewish congress he says that anti-semitism is around all of us and that more needs to be done our countries around the world doing enough is germany you know after. what i think the german political establishment at least the various governments of germany since the since the 1960 s. have actually taken the lead as one would hope considering their own history of course the history of this town tree have taken the lead in for example the displaying of nazi insignia memorabilia nazi salutes hate speech and so on are illegal in this country that even to read. might come from the the notorious memoirs of hitler was until very very recently was was illegal in this country except with the only exception made for historians and students of history who had a specific reason to do so so there has been and the present. justice minister has said that he wants to in fact increase the punishments the penalties for and the semitic language and actions i think the problem is i was saying i think you know as we know

world jewish congress president ronald lauder says there is another reason survivors need to tell their stories now. are you concerned at the rise of anti-semitism over the past few years? >> i'm very concerned about it, because when i look at what happened and i speak to survivors, and they tell me how it started off very small. it got bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger. >> is that what you're seeing? >> i'm seeing that same thing. >> reporter: the survivors' numbers are dwindling. few will ever be back to this place. all that remains are the wires and the watchtowers and the ovens and their stories. >>> tributes are still pouring in from around the world for basketball superstar kobe bryant. as you likely know now, bryant was killed along with his daughter and seven others when their helicopter crashed in thick fog outside los angeles. in addition to being a basketball legend, bryant was writer and an inspiration to many, butis most important role was that as dad, as he explained to dana jacobsen. >> as you you've can see, we've got this makeshift memorial, keepsakes that are the

speakers are going to be the director of the auschwitz memorial museum and also the head of the world jewish congress and the polish president expected to make a short speech introducing the survivors. there aren't going to be political speakers in there trast to the commemoration held in israel on thursday. but there was a meeting between the polish president and the israeli president amid tensions really between the two countries particularly over historical policy and about the fact that israel hosted this event which the polish president did not attend because he was not invited to speak when vladmir putin did speak. and he used his briefing to again reiterate that he was really very offended about that and he actually upped the ante by saying he was more offended when he saw at the event in israel thai did not talk about poland's contribution to fighting the nazis and all the things polish people did fighting along side the alleys. this is in line with the national government's historic policy. they feel that polish's contributions is not appreciated by the world community and say i i a at ever

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is also reflected in the i'm just semitic acts committed in europe and the president of the world jewish congress ronald lauder has been weighing in on this he's in auschwitz at the moment we asked for his thoughts on the rise in anti semitism here's what he had to say with preacher innovations go in. and young people don't and they see the internet and they react . and how we're going to try to go into sort of luckily and get it he killed 2 innocent bystanders but the thing is where to get it straight from the get of the internet he said he was sitting in his basement was the. control room going to be going through we have the structure and we can start to make it a point to build a fortress just told to do. hans germany has far more restrictive speech regulations than say the united states are lauder's expectations realistic about how much internet regulation can achieve well you can never be 100 percent. certain you can never control things 100 percent and the internet obviously doesn't make it easier for these kind of sentiments to be expressed partly because it's much more difficult to contr

ambassador rond lauder is president of the world jewish congress.i-semitism in th1920's and 1930's started very small. we see it building over the st six years and it is going to something about itss we do >> despite being exhausted by the odyssey from levittown, pennsylvania, david managed to sing a hungarian song, taught by airlfriend who helped him survive. he was dispatched in 1942. whenel thetion process began, the teenager pretended to be older than 18 to avoid being sent straight to rse gas chambe. like the souls memorialized here. she managed to convince the ess that he was fit enough for work details. at first he collected the bodies of prisoners who commi ed but then his captors heard about his voice and ordered him to entertain them. >> i only lived because of one word. music. and i sang a year-ish song -- yiddish song while in auschwitz. because the ss loved it. [singing] it wasn't my favorite song. >> 1930's jewish dance music serenaded her at her hotel in crack of. her story is not jus about death and murder. liberation meant rebirth.

germans, just to say, himmler, on the day after s birthday meets with the representative of the world jewish congress in sweden the first time he has met a jewish person in the house. he shakes his head and says "let's say bygones be bygones." [laughter] >> himmler, crazy. know what wase to the extent of the role of german , inn, particularly ss wives this extermination of jews. to what extent did that happen? >> there were substantial numbers of women guards in the caps. there were all stashed guards in the camps, there were also those who performed duties for the killing units. participation in the killing program was predominantly male, but there was a very substantial female participation. >> there were also wives of at cities insonnel the east, or at camps. i will recommend a book by wendy lower. if i could remember the name. "hitler's fury." next question all the way to the right. >> i think i speak for everyone in this room when i say what an hear youis to speak again mr. weinberg. we had a discussion the other day about auschwitz and white was not bombed by the lead forces. i go running out t

ambassador ronald lauders president of the world jewish congress. >> remember anti-semitism in t 1920's and 1930's started very small and built up. we've seen it building over the last six years, amazingly, and it's gonna keep buildi unless we do something about it. >> reporter: despite being exhausted by the odyssey from levittown, pennsylvania, cantor david wisnia manag to sing a hungarian song taught by a girlfriend who helped him survive birkenau. cantor wisnia, of polish jewish heritage, was dispatched to birkenau in 1942. at the railhead when the selection process began, the teenager pretended to be older than 18 to avoid being sent straight to the gas chambers. unlike most of the souls memorialized by this sitary cattle truck. s.s. that he was for worke the details.ll at first he coted the bodies of prisoners whoommitt suicide. h but th captors heard about his voice and ordered him to tertain them. >> i only lived because... one word: muc. and i sang a ydish song while in auschwitz and birkenau because the s.s. loved it. ♪ bei mir bist du schoen it wasn't my favorite song. ♪ ♪

some 200 survivors will be present the polish president speaks but also the president of the world jewish congress and 4 survivors will be speaking there as well and actually at the gate that so a pit in my eyes is auschwitz that's the image that we all think of when we hear the word one of europe's biggest tens has been put up around that in particular because those few survivors who are still left very old indeed some of them around 100 years old i spoke to 96 year old lady yesterday so the aim is to keep themselves from the freezing temperatures on the day 75 years ago when i was liberated it was even colder than below minus 20 degrees today it's around about minus one degree celsius but that was also the kind of terrible conditions those survivors were founded when the red army arrived here with many of course then not living. for more than just a couple of days because the conditions were so terrible so all of this will be commemorated at the entrance and just behind that is what is known as her which is where the selection took place and there is actually a memorial there and some survivors

world jewish congress president says there's another reason the survivors need to tell their storiesnti-semitic incidents particularly in the last few years? >> i'm very concerned about it. because when i look at what happened and i speak to survivors and they tell me how it started off very small, got bigger and bigger and bigger -- >> is that what you're seeing? >> i'm seeing that same thing. >> reporter: the survivors numbers are dwindling. few think they will ever be back to this place, all that will be left is the wire and the watch towers and the ovens and their stories. mark phillips. >> thank you very much. it shows the capacity for recovery. >> so important for stoeshs told. i love the thinking that may we never forget and that's why it's so important that we keep telling it. >> amazing that that man has been carrying that story with him since he's been 16 and now 91 and finally talking about it. people are ♪ >>> we're going take you to texas to hear what's on voters mind there's. major garrett traveled across the lonestar state in search of good food and good conversation.

disturbingly anti semitism has been on the rise worldwide in recent years in germany a study by the world jewish congress late last year found that more than one in 4 germans hold and to symmetric views and that anti semitic runs in germany rose by almost 20 percent in 2018 jewish people are getting increasingly concerned. communication designer valentino has been living in berlin for 8 years. he is from poland and he is jewish. one reason he chose to live here is the cultural diversity and the fact that he can easily find kosher food as if it's a very diverse community it's really nice this is become a jewish area again. but the atrocities of the past are not forgotten the stumbling blocks are in mind are tens of thousands of berlin jews were murdered during the holocaust. but despite the blocks anti-semitism is on the rise again. even that was when people talk about something it's because it's really terrible they don't talk so much about small incidents but anti semitism is becoming routine again. his wife and some friends me in a cafe. they've all been the victim of anti-semitism. naomi henkel google

it is my honour to invite the founder and president of the world holocaust foundation in and president of the european jewish congressn rivlin who, two years ago, strongly... strongly supported the idea to lead the world holocaust forum in jerusalem under the special partnership of yad vashem and european jewish the special partnership of yad vashem and europeanjewish congress. i would like to address here today just three points. number one, why is anti—semitism a threat to humanity and not only forjewish people? number two, what is the situation today of anti—semitism and especially for european jews? number three, what are the practical steps that must be taken to stop this threat? when granting equal rights to the jews of threat? when granting equal rights to thejews of france, napoleon bonaparte said, the national attitude towards jews is bonaparte said, the national attitude towardsjews is the barometer of society's civilisation. and why is that? historically, jews we re and why is that? historically, jews were always among the most loyal citizens of their countries and did their best to integrate and become pi

heads of state from the 2nd world wars allied nations i'ma be the fost foreign leader to give a speech after israeli officials on the president of the european jewish congress the kremlin says persons address will focus on the liberation of auschwitz on the server union's contribution to the victory over the nazis and also the importance of not distorting historical facts through politics. tells us more about the expectations surrounding the 4 hosts its largest international forum there are more than $45.00 heads of state including the russian president the french president at the same time prince charles and the american vice president mike pence however the event has been somewhat marred by the disagreement between russia and poland polish president and of course ostriches in poland has refused to come to this event because he was not given a speaking spots. holocaust memorial has said that he was offered the opportunity to speak at a different event but he has declined we've seen a major rift with the polish prime minister accusing russia of rewriting history he says of russia is not a liberator but rather was a facilitator of nazi germany and conducted

from the 2nd world wars allied nations he's also going to the 1st foreign leader to give a speech after of course is really officials and the president as well of the european jewish congress now the kremlin says putin's address will focus on the red army's liberation of auschwitz and the soviet union's contribution to the victory over fascism and of course the importance of not distorting historical facts through politics and politicized. and these very prime minister benjamin netanyahu will later unveil a commemorative memorial in downtown jerusalem it's dedicated to the besieged russian city of london grabbed during world war 2 now of course called st petersburg. russia leaders also set for talks with netanyahu on the escalating crisis in the middle east concerning iran will bring you some more live pictures of those leaders are rivals as and when they happen. meanwhile a poll conducted in the u.s. has shown a significant gap in the holocaust awareness especially among millennial. has more on that. from the ashes of the auschwitz concentration camp emerged to woods never again the echo through the generations as a warning in a few days when it comes from members day wil